Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-15
STATE NEWS

The Fredonia Citizen suggests that
the legislature should give the name of
Whittier to one Of the new counties to be
created this winter, in honor OF the great
| poet who has been so true and loving a
friend of Kansas and humanity.
BeIleville Telescope: Some sneak
thief went into D. O. Mills cellar the
other night and stole some potatoes
The miserable sneak failed to shut the
doors of the cellar, and when MIR. Mills
went down in the morning he found
about 200 bushels frozen.
Meriden Report: Sheriff Housh call
ed on US the other day. He says the
court Issued an order for Walker and
Lillian Hartman to stay in jail until their
fine and costs were paid, and he is willing
to take care of them until his time is out
and then he will turn them over to his
successor.
Ford County Republican: Persons
living in theneighborhood of the Hodge
man county coal mines have succeeded
in digging enough coal to supply their
own wants. Let the good work continue,
Dodge City can use al the coal Hodge
man county can produce.
Anthony Republican: A little sen Of
J. a. Burke, living two miles west of
Danville, while at play, set fire to the
barn and caused loss Of $500 In few
minutes. The entire barn, with a lot of
farm implements and considerable hay
and grain was entirely destroyed.
Sterling Bulletin: It is reported on
good authority that large broom corn
factory will be started here by Iowa
parties in the near future. There ara no
good reasons why a factory should not
make fine thing here IN that line; BIS
they would be Ia the heart of the broom
corn country.
OberIin Herald: John Collins sue
ceeded recently in trapping mammoth
wildcat on Haskin's draw, southwest OF
town. The animal weighed thirty
pounds, thus beating the Beaver mans
prize cat two pounds. This Ia probably
the largest cat ever killed Ia this part OF
the state.
Ell Dorado Republican: Alex, Jake
and John Bremen and Jesse Powers
caught a jack rabbit on the Fullinwider
place near Chelsea a day or two ago
which weighed thirteen pounds. 1t had
ears as large as those Of an ordinary
mule and black and white tail six or
eight inches, long. It was an old resi-
denter and the largest one we ever saw.
Severy Journal: Mr.. Sword, of Fall
River, was on our streets last Saturday.
Mr.. s, is perhaps the Oldest inhabitant
Of Kansas in this part Of the state, hay
ing come to the territory in 1888.
Pittsburg Smelter. At the coal bank
of Gaines & Graham Tuesday, occurred
fatal accident to two men, whose names
were Alto Underwood and Maurice Ken
nedy. Kennedy was at work at the base OF
the bank, and Alto UnderWOod,a teanaster
twenty-one years old, was standing near
him 10 keep out of the wind; all OF a
sudden the bank fell and they were en-
quilted. This is an unusually sad
thing.
Garden City Herald: Mr.. L. Y. Cole,
one of the finest young men of this
country, while eat hunting about ten
miles southwest OF town accidently dis
charged his gun, shooting himself
through the head, which resulted in IN
slant death. He leaves a wife and two
children.
Salina Herald: The Missouri Pacific
finds it impossible to keep our grain
shippers supplied with cars.